Skirt marker



Oct. 12, 1954 -J. B. GROVES SKIRT MARKER Filed July 14, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENT@R lllllll ATTORNEY-5 J. B. GROVES Oct. 12, 1954 SKIRT MARKER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 14, 1952 man we WV m M BY M ATTORNEY-5 Patented Oct. 12, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKIRT MARKER Joy B. Groves, Miami, Fla.

Application July 14, 1952, Serial No. 298,710

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for marking the bottom of a skirt.

An object of this invention is to provide a marking device for marking the bottom of a skirt which can be adjusted and operated by the person wearing the skirt.

Another object of this invention is to provide a skirt marking device which includes a powder ejecting nozzle which is adjustable to any desired height. The nozzle of the device is connected to a pump and the pump is periodically operated to eject a powdered marking means against the skirt.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detailed side elevation of a skirt marking device constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View taken on the line l4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical cross-sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional above the base Hi. The platform I l is fixed relative to the base If], as will be hereinafter described.

A cylindrical bushing l2, which is provided with a base flange I3, is secured by fastening means M to the base Hi. A depending bushing l 5 having a base flange I6 is secured by fastening means I! to the lower side of the platform H. A tubular connecting member 88 is connected between the bushings l2 and I5 and supports the platform ll, spaced above the base Ill.

A worm gear l9 having a hub or bushing is rotatably disposed about the tubular member l8 between the bushings l2 and It. The worm gear l9- is rotated by means of a, worm 2|, which is fixed to a motor shaft 22. The motor shaft 22 is journalled at one end in an L-shaped bearing bracket which is fixed by fastening means 24 to the upper side of the base It. A motor or power member 25 is fixed to the base Ill, and a pair of supply conductors 26 and 21 are connected with the motor 25.

A push button switch 28 is interposed in conductor 21. A tube 29 having a right angle inner end 30 is secured to a fitting 3! mounted on the worm gear I9. An upright tube 32 is formed with a right angle lower: end 33 which telescopes into the outer end of tube 29, and preferably tubes 29, 32 and 33 are squared or polygonal in transverse section, The right angle tube 33 is adapted to be adjusted endwise relative to the tube 25 so as to dispose the upright tube 32 at a predetermined position relative to a skirt S, which is worn by a person standing on the platform ll.

The tube 32 has mounted thereon a nozzle 34 which is connected with a receptacle 35. The nozzle 3-4 is formed with a clamping member 36 engaging about the tube 32, and clamping member includes a set screw 3] which is adapted to vertically adjust the nozzle 34 along the length of the tube 32. The receptacle 35 is adapted to corn tain powder, such as powdered chalk or the like, and the marking powder is adapted to be ejected through the nozzle 34 by means of an air pump 38. The pump 38 is mounted on the base It and is operated by means of a solenoid 39.

The solenoid 39 is connected by means of a conductor 40 to conductor 21 and is connected by means of a conductor 4| to conductor 26. Conductor 4| has interposed therein a pair of spring contact members t2 and 43 which engage on the upper and lower side, respectively, of worm gear l9. Gear [9 has secured thereto a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart bridging contacts 44 which project from the upper and lower sides Of gear I3 and are adapted to engage the spring contacts 42 and '43.

Tnansversely arcuate skirt smoothing member 45 is carried by an L-shaped support it which is formed with a bushing 4'! engaging about the upright tube 32. A set screw 48 extending through the bushing 41 provides means whereby the skirt smoothing member 45 may be vertically adjusted so as to contact the skirt a substantial distance above the lower edge thereof.

The pump 38 has a flexible tube 49 extending therefrom which is connected with the bushing 12 and communicates with the interior of the tubular member I8. Tubular member In is formed with an outlet opening 59 communicating with an'annular groove 5| formed in the tubular member [8, and a flexible tube 52 is connected to hub or bushing 20 and to vertical extension 30 of tube 29. A flexible tube 53 is connected to the lower portion of tube 32 and is also connected to the cap 54 mounted on the receptacle 35. Tube 32 has a plug 55 mounted therein at a point slightly above the connection of tube 53 with tube 32.

In the use and operation of this device, the person desiring to have the lower portion of the skirt S marked in an even manner stands on the platform H, and nozzle 34 is vertically adjusted on tube 32. Switch 28, which may be a push button switch which is normally biased to an open position, is held in one hand by the person on whom the skirt S is mounted and ciosing of switch 28 will operate motor 25. Motor 25 wiil rotate worm gear 19 so as to swing tubular member 29 and nozzle 34 circumi'erentially about the bottom of the skirt S. As worm gear is rotates, the electric circuit to solenoid 39 will be closed by each of the bridging contacts it so that air pump 38 will be operated and air pressure will be delivered to receptacle 35 for progressively ejecting powder from nozzle 34.

This device will provide a means whereby a person may mark her own shirt in an even manher about the bottom thereof; and if there are any pleats in the skirt, such pleats will be smoothed out by the arcuate smoothing member (55 as the latter swings about with the marking nozzle 34.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A garment marker comprising a supporting means for aperson wearing a garment to be marked, a gear rotatably carried by the supporting means, means for rotating said gear including a switch means adapted to be held in the hand of a person standing on the supporting means, an L-shaped supporting member formed with a horizontal lower side fixed to said gear, said member having a vertical side, a receptacle for receiving a powdered marking material, a nozzle carried by said receptacle, means adjustably securing said receptacle on the vertical side of said member, an air pum carried by said base, means communicating said pump with said receptacle, an operator for said pump, and means cooperating with said gear for actuating said operator with rotation of said gear.

2. A garment marker comprising a supporting means for a person wearing a garment to be marked for hem alteration, a rotatable member carried by said supporting means and rotatable thereon, electrically motivated means for rotating the rotatable member, switch means controlling said foregoing means and adapted to be held in the hand of a person on the supporting means, a vertically extensible conduit means carried by said rotatable member, a pump connectedto said conduit means for supplying air under pressure thereto, operating means for said pump, said pump operating means being responsive to the rotation of the rotatable member, and a receptacle for marking material carried by the conduit means and connected thereto to have the material forced therefrom, said conduit means including an end member arranged radially of a garment to direct the marking material thereon.

3. A garment marker as claimed in claim 2, wherein said pump operating means includes a solenoid and intermittently actuated means closing a circuit to the solenoid as the rotatable member is rotated so that the marking material is forced onto the garment in intermittent fashion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,294,117 Kottman Feb. 11, 1919 1,434,379 Frank Nov. '7, 1922 1,487,956 Liebowitz Mar. 25, 1924 1,971,516 Yocum Aug. 28, 193% 2,196,145 Stanziale Apr. 2, 1940 2,299,659 Smith Oct. 20, 1942 2,584,929 Sewell Feb. 5, 1952 

